Almost forty years before this week’s portion of Vayeilech, “And we (Moshe) walked,” God began revelation by saying, “Thus shalt you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel,” understood as an instruction to teach each person in the manner...
It wasn't boring; it was moving. I intended to listen to the reading of the names of the victims of the 9-11 attacks for just a few moments to honor those who died on that tragic day. I ended up listening for quite a while....
Psalm 96: “Say among the nations, ‘God reigns.’ The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything...
Moses had seen the Children of Israel at their best when they stood before Sinai and chose to engage in an eternal conversation with God. Moses saw the Children of Israel at their worst when he rushed from Sinai to present God’s gift of the Two...